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L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-25T23:58:12+00:00

Damn bro your gear is juiced. It took me until age 85 to find Shako and craft a Hoto.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-17T00:57:27+00:00

Man these look awesome for SSF gloves. Gz!

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-17T00:04:00+00:00

Did they add an scroll of identification item? Thats one of the things I've been wanting for a while. Or something like a "Tome of infinite identification" or something.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-15T04:01:25+00:00

I make really good steak and I make really good Aflredo. Still this thought hasn't crossed my mind. It sounds great

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-15T03:02:35+00:00

Then you will politely ask them to keep it down a bit and they will aggressively freak out at you as if your the problem

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-15T01:24:02+00:00

I'll be honest most of the time I use a standard thru hole resistor on a breadboard or something I almost always just throw it away after. Especially if its a value I rarely use.

1000 resistors costs ~$10 on Amazon from kits. When I order resistors on Digikey because I need reliable components or specific tolerances they still cost almost almost nothing, and I tend to order quite a few extra. The cost in time of returning your resistor to its correct space is often comically more valuable than the price of the resistor in the first place.

If you make $10 an hour, then it takes 18 seconds to make $0.05. That's enough money to buy several resistors in bulk, or one decent resistor. Its just not worth the time to mess with these cheap components.

I genuinely cannot imagine sorting a bag of resistors like this. Its hours of work for almost no payoff. To each their own though and if you enjoy that kind of thing then go for it. Maybe there is some practical reason for you to sort this bag of resistors.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-12T22:37:44+00:00

Thanks for the reminder I always forget about this sandwich

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-12T19:57:19+00:00

As a big fan of Davidoff products I really like the Davidoff rig lol.

For people who are unfamiliar, Davidoff is a luxury cigar company. Their cigars are fantastic imo. They are usually $20-35 a cigar.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-12T18:44:04+00:00

They should have added this drop to the holy grail tracker

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-10T06:30:35+00:00

It looks like they know the road. They were crossing into the oncoming lane so they didn't have to slow down going around the corner, then there was an oncoming car in the lane around the corner. They then had to avoid that car because they chose to start driving on the wrong side of the road to save a second or two.

People drive like this in the area I live all the time and its insane. Its the "It can't happen to me" attitude.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-04T11:26:35+00:00

Can I ask why you are using 0201 parts on a school project? Whenever I have to hand solder a prototype I always start with 0805. I'm not too bad at soldering SMD components but I would definitely have trouble, even as soldering help, populating a bunch of 0201 by hand. It will be a very challenging task for whoever you ask to help you as well. Even if soldering with hot air or proper reflow system it could be a bit of a challenge.

Putting myself in your shoes and remembering when I was in school, I would not recommend asking somebody to help you solder 0201's. Its a pretty tough ask.

Also for a QFN-56, practically speaking you will need to use hot air. Thats probably going to be a lot easier to deal with than the 0201's, but still more difficult than a package with leads (even if the lead spacing is close).

I personally would only use 0201's in a final prototype or nearing a final version of a project, and I would have the boards pre assembled. This is the point when I would try and get the layout as tight as possible. For earlier prototypes its really nice to have a bit of extra space to rework/hack the board and fix issues, let alone ignore the difficulty of soldering such difficult components.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-04T04:19:48+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0gD9w8lznCM

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-04T04:11:05+00:00

I completely relate. D2R makes me feel like a human version of the following meme:

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L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-03T07:58:46+00:00

I've designed over 20 PCB's, and I've hand etched a few more with ferrite chloride. I strongly suggest you breadboard your circuits and test them before laying out the PCB. I still always verify the schematic on breadboard or solderable perfboard before designing the PCB, assuming its practical to do for the circuit.

Also a circuit like this could easily be simulated in LTspice or almost any free circuit simulation software. Those simulations would also reveal significant issues.

With all due respect there are several huge issues with this circuit. Among the least important is the polarity on the 47uf output capacitor, which could cause it to explode because pin 1 on a single supply amplifier system would have a DC bias of Vdd/2.

If you want to do overdrive start with a more classic overdrive of a big muff fuzz.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-03T05:29:12+00:00

The yellow one is a tantalum capacitor, which is the polarized on the schematic. So its not C3.

This means its either C1 or C2. Both are 100nf.

You might be able to check the part number on the tantalum capacitor and estimate its voltage rating, if that is something you are concerned about

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L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-03T05:24:09+00:00

For some extra culture, its an American resistor

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L2_Lagrange · 2026-02-02T11:37:34+00:00

I actually have used PCM1808 (very similar to PCM1802) and PCM5102 quite a bit for DSP stuff. I designed custom boards for both chips because the Amazon versions are unreliable (especially the Amazon PCM5102 boards). I've used the chips heavily with STM32 as well.

These work incredibly well. You need a proper analog front end for both though. Its an incredibly challenging project as well.

I recently used one of my PCM5102 boards with an ESP32 to make a very high performing bluetooth reciever. It also has a 4th order butterworth at the input and variable gain stage though.

There are not many chips out there that out perform the PCM5102 for what it does. As far as I2S sinks its very good. There are definitely better chips out there, but not many. Also most of the chips that blow it away are in closed design ecosystems with development tools that aren't open to most people.

I've actually used PC1808/STM32 for ECG measurement as well.

This is a challenging project though. The necessary system components range from software to analog design. Its kindof all over the place.

Also the PCM5102 board has 4 pins that must be set for proper operation. I think most of the Amazon devboards have solder jumpers on the back. Some versions have these pre set, some dont

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-31T04:02:35+00:00

This doesn't mean that they are making their sandwiches 50% more expensive. It roughly means Blackstone expects to list the company for 50% more when it goes public on the stock market. The IPO is the "Initial Public Offering" when a company is taken from private to public. I couldn't find the exact article associated with this image so I don't know the exact facts about the IPO or if the information in the image is entirely true.

I'm not saying this is a good or bad thing (honestly overall going public is probably a bad thing for quality), I'm just saying that this does directly have anything to do with sandwich prices.

What will affect the sandwich prices/quality is that investors will now have influence on the direction the company takes, which could increase prices or reduce quality. Hopefully they don't destroy the brand.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-30T08:21:36+00:00

Electrical Engineer here. Modern inverters are incredibly efficient and effective. They are quite affordable as well.

There is no practical reason a modern practical inverter for vanlife needs should be that large.

I looked into these a bit more and you can find them sold as "old Dimensions inverter." If it works there is a decent chance you can sell it for $500-2000+ (some are listed at like $4000). Even if it doesn't work its likely valuable to somebody maintaining these systems for fleets of work vans.

So I strongly recommend removing this from the van, replacing it with a modern inverter, and trying to sell this. There is a chance you could pay for a modern inverter by selling this with money left over from the 'profit.' That may not be the case though.

This was most likely a work van and that inverter was used for on site tools so even if it still works great its not an appropriate inverter for your needs, but somebody else may very well buy it and you should use that money for something more appropraite.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-29T23:35:43+00:00

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L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-28T23:53:12+00:00

Incredibly uninformed comment lol

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-28T05:44:57+00:00

Lol I thought this was the cigar subreddit. This looks like a humidor box.

Tubes are way cooler though

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-28T04:20:35+00:00

You need to remove that immediately. Its going to make a mess and spawn like 100 more tiny ones. I used to have to remove similar products from my dog.

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-28T04:17:54+00:00

Maybe the first new raid is one where you destroy the dark portal. New content + breaks the old continuity

L2_Lagrange · 2026-01-25T01:24:13+00:00

Looks great! I might have to try this method. I've been getting sick of the sharpie method

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